The dark underworld of the mysterious "Academy of the Three Princes" is a refuge for the mad and the abandoned. The true players, the professionals with their cues, come at night. Then, all you can hear is the rolling and clicking of the balls. A men's world of shady figures - until the pantheress appears. Slim, graceful, dressed in black, with dark sunglasses. Each of the players challenges her, smirking confidently, and she defeats them all without a word. When finally the best, the legendary Englishman Jones, arrives and extends his hand to greet her, she takes off her glasses, and they look at each other. Then they begin to play. Stefano Benni is known as a magnificent storyteller. With the tale of the "Pantheress," he has created a sparkling little masterpiece.